[opensuse-factory] Partitioner and installation from hard disk
Hi all, today I tried to install oS-12.1 (DVD build 250, x86_64) in my laptop in order to check whether a bug is still present (and it is, but probably it is not the same as before). Since I have not a dedicated testing partition, my idea was to install oS12.1 in the /home partition leaving / (with oS 11.4) untouched. Usually I install from hard disk, so I put the iso file in /, copied initrd and linux from iso to /boot, added an entry to GRUB and rebooted the laptop. In this kind of installation the partition containing the iso file can not be modified as well as assigned to some mount point. In the partitioner I found that partition numbers did not agree with the output of fdisk. This is not so problematic since I am able to identify partitions from their size but there is another problem that can be more dangerous: the partitioner wants to delete existing partitions and create them again (with the same size and number); if I remove the "format" flag, I obtain a popup saying that the installation might fail (or something similar) and I have not found a way to avoid partition changes, even in the expert mode. So I aborted the installation (before destroying the content of the disk) and then installed on a pendrive. Is the partitioner's behavior correct? Should I file a bug report? In this case, I will setup a virtual machine for testing. Note that I have not noticed this behavior previously since usually I use /home, that is the last partition on the disk, for the iso file so partition numbers are right. Regards, Andrea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Hi all, 2011/9/4 Andrea Turrini <andrea.turrini@gmail.com>:
In the partitioner I found that partition numbers did not agree with the output of fdisk. This is not so problematic since I am able to identify partitions from their size but there is another problem that can be more dangerous: the partitioner wants to delete existing partitions and create them again (with the same size and number); if I remove the "format" flag, I obtain a popup saying that the installation might fail (or something similar) and I have not found a way to avoid partition changes, even in the expert mode.
I am testing the installer in a virtual machine using the installation from hard-disk. If I use the "Create Partition Setup", then I see all partitions with the right number and I can assing a mount point without formatting and this is accepted (except for a warning popup); if I try to modify suggested partitioning using "Edit Partition Setup", the content of the partitions can not be saved, the order of partition numbers do not agree with the relative position of partitions on the disk and the space corresponding to the old /boot partition is lost. So, it seems to me that partitioner behavior is right, except for partition numbers and lost space. Any comment? Regards, Andrea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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